>> reporter: scott, the president, president obama, held a conference call with the leaders of germany, france, great britain, and italy about hitting key sectors of the russian economy, like energy and banking, with new sanctions. the consensus along the leaders at least for now is to wait, but today the president said this: >> what we've been trying to do is to continually raise the costs for russia of their actions while still leaving the possibility of them moving in a different direction, and we-- you know, we'll continue to keep some arrows in our quiver in the event that we see further deterioration of the situation over the next several days or weeks. >> reporter: while the u.s. and its partners in are holding off on those tougher sanctions, they will be ready as early as monday with new financial penalties on those back pro-russian forces in ukraine. but, scott, the president conceded here in seoul that so far, efforts targeting individuals have done little to deter russian aggression. >> pelley: major, thanks very much. earlier sanctions are hitting the russian economy. today